vocabulary: plates - cracks in the lithosphere. scientific theory - a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. faults - breaks in the Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. transform boundary - a place where two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions. divergent boundary - the place where two plates move apart, or diverge. rift valley - a deep valley that forms along the divergent boundary. convergent boundary - the place where two plates come together, or converge.
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Introduction
1965 ; Wilson
Wilson thought the lithosphere was broken into pieces
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vocabulary:
plates - cracks in the lithosphere.
scientific theory - a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
faults - breaks in the Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other.
transform boundary - a place where two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions.
divergent boundary - the place where two plates move apart, or diverge.
rift valley - a deep valley that forms along the divergent boundary.
convergent boundary - the place where two plates come together, or converge.
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Introduction
Plate Motion
The Continent's Slow Dance